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Benjamin  A.  Bernstein 


ROERICH 


CATALOGUE 


NICOLAS  ROERICH 

EXHIBITION 


SAN  FRANCISCO^MUSEUM  OF  ART 
PALACE  OF  FINE  ARTS 

SEPTEMBER   9  «•  OCTOBER    15 
1921 


THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  ART 
ASSOCIATION 

OFFICERS 

ARTHUR  BROWN,  JR.  President 

CHARLES  TEMPLETON  CROCKER  First  Vice-President 

JOHN  I.  WALTER  Second  V ice-President 

MRS.  JOSEPH  FIFE  Secretary 

WALTER  S.  MARTIN  Treasurer 

DIRECTORS 

CLARK  HOBART  GENEVE  RIXFORD  SARGEANT 

WILLIAM  H.  METSON  WILLIS  POLK 

GOTTARDO  PlAZZONI 

DIRECTOR 

J.  NILSEN  LAURVIK 


The  Association  was  organized  in  1872  and  conducts  the 
San  Francisco  Museum  of  Art  and  the  California  School 
of  Fine  Arts. 


LOAN  STACK 
GIFT 


THE 

SAN  FRANCISCO  MUSEUM 
OF  ART 


OFFICERS 

GEORGE  A.  POPE  President 

CHARLES  T.  CROCKER  First  V  ice-President 

SIDNEY  M.  EHRMAN  Second  V  ice-President 

WALTER  S.  MARTIN  Treasurer 

E.  RAYMOND  ARMSBY  Secretary 

TRUSTEES 

E.  RAYMOND  ARMSBY  DANIEL  C.  JACKLING 

ARTHUR  BROWN,  JR.  WALTER  S.  MARTIN 

FRANCIS  CAROLAN  JAMES  D.  PHELAN 

CHARLES  W.  CLARK  GEORGE  A.  POPE 

CHARLES  T.  CROCKER  LAURANCE  I.  SCOTT 

WILLIAM  H.  CROCKER  RICHARD  M.  TOBIN 

JOHN  S.  DRUM  WM.  C.  VAN  ANTWERP 

SIDNEY  M.  EHRMAN  JOHN  I.  WALTER 

JOSEPH  D.  GRANT  GEORGE  WHITTELL 

DIRECTOR 

J.  NILSEN  LAURVIK 

The  Museum  is  housed  in  the  Palace  of  Fine  Arts,  erected 
by  the  Panama-Pacific  International  Exposition  in  1915. 


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ARRANGEMENTS  FOR  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  NICOLAS  ROERICH 
EXHIBITION  HAVE  BEEN  MADE  BY  ASSISTANT  DIRECTOR 
ROBERT  B.  HARSHE,  OF  THE  ART  INSTITUTE  OF  CHICAGO. 


PRINTED  BY  TAYLOR  &  TAYLOR,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


PREFATORY  NOTE 

F  I    AHE  exhibition  of  the  work  of  the  famous  Russian 
I      painter,  Nicolas  Roerich,  is  an  art  event  of  the  first 
A     magnitude  that  presents  to  San  Francisco  one  of  the 
most  interesting  and  fertile  personalities  now  active  in  con- 
temporary art.  The  collection  has  already  been  shown  in  the 
Brooklyn,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  and  other  important  Eastern 
museums,  where  it  has  created  a  furore  in  art  circles  as  well  as 
among  the  general  public. 

The  well-known  European  critic  A.  Koiransky  says  of  him : 
"Roerich' s  genius  does  not  only  lie  in  scenic  decoration;  he 
has  done  exquisite  and  new  designs  which  could  be  used  for 
cretonnes,  and  his  interpretations  of  Russian  folk-lore  are 
quite  wonderful — emotional  and  realistic,  yet  mystic,  render- 
ings of  Place  and  Folk  and  traditional  Russian  life.  In  his 
panels  entitled  'The  Sons  of  Heaven'  he  showed  himself 
capable  of  new  and  remarkable  interpretations  of  the  Old 
Testament,  and  no  more  wonderful  artist  could  be  found 
when  the  time  comes  to  place  in  the  Town  Hall  of  Jerusalem 
the  story  of  the  wanderings  of  the  Jews  since  70  A.  D.,  and 
their  history  prior  to  that  date. 

"As  a  painter  of  landscape  Roerich  brings  something  into 
his  interpretations  as  new  as  it  is  old ! 

"He  has,  as  an  artist,  many  of  those  highly  dramatic,  real- 
istic, poetic  emotional  attributes  which  we  have  come  to  know 
as  typical  of  the  Great  Russia  through  the  wonderful  singing 
of  Vladimir  Rosing. 

"Roerich  has  enormous  power  and  force,  yet  without  ever 
'forcing.'  I  do  not  know  of  a  painter  who  can  get  such  effects 
as  he  gets  in  color.  His  drawing  has  the  same  remarkable 
power  and  breadth,  and  is  intellectual  as  well  as  emotional. 
His  painting  may  be  described  as  at  once  scholarly,  scientific, 
and  fearless ;  added  to  this  there  is  the  poetry  of  a  mystic  who 


PREFATORY  NOTE 

is  a  worshiper  of  Nature — a  Walt  Whitman  in  painting,  in  a 
sense. 

"He  draws  from  sky,  sea,  and  land  those  unseen  forces  of 
Fatalism  and  Destiny  which  are  found  in  Shakespeare.  His 
use  of  materials  is  that  of  a  master  craftsman,  especially 
where  tempera  and  pastel  are  used  together." 

N.  Jarintzov,  in  an  article  on  Roerich  published  in  *f he 
Studio,  says: 

"Roerich  is  descended  from  a  Norwegian  family  (whose 
name  was  Rurik)  that  came  over  and  settled  in  Russia  in 
Peter  the  Great's  time.  He  was  born  in  1874.  From  1893  to 
1897  he  was  student  at  the  Petrograd  University,  and  at  the 
same  time  at  the  Academy  in  Professor  Kuindji's  class.  In 
1915  Russia  celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the 
academician's  artistic  activity.  Long  before  that  time  he  was 
the  first  president  of  the  society  or  group  called 'The  World  of 
Art,'  amongst  the  leaders  of  which  were  Serov,  Vroubel, 
Somov,  Bakst,  Benois,  and  other  artists  well  known  in  Eu- 
rope ;  director  of  the  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  Arts ; 
member  of  the  Paris  'Salon  d'Automne'  and  the  Rheims 
Academy,  also  of  the  Vienna  Secession,  his  connection  with 
which  he  severed  in  1914. 

"In  1907  Roerich  was  first  inspired  to  compose  scenery  for 
an  opera  (Wagner's  'Valkyries'),  not  to  order,  but  'for  him- 
self.' Very  soon  he  became  a  past  master  in  that  branch  of  art, 
wonderfully  harmonizing  his  creations  with  the  music  of  the 
operas  and  the  spirit  of  the  dramas.  His  were  the  sceneries  for 
several  operas  in  Serge  Diaghilev's  productions,  and  for 
plays  at  the  Moscow  Art  Theatre  and  the  Ancient  Theatre. 
He  has  recently  completed  the  scenery  for  Rimsky  Korsakov's 
'Tsar  Sal  tan'  (Pushkin's  fairy  tale)  in  pursuance  of  a  com- 
mission given  by  Sir  Thomas  Beecham. 

"The  Pochatev  Cathedral  and  two  or  three  private  chapels 
are  adorned  with  numerous  mural  paintings,  done  with 


PREFATORY  NOTE 


Roerich's  ever-present  inspiration  and  love  both  for  the  sub- 
ject and  the  technique  suitable  for  it.  He  also  worked  enthu- 
siastically for  two  years  at  Talashkino,  the  famous  estate  of 
Princess  M.  Tenisheva,  where  Ruskin  and  William  Morris 
would  have  found  all  their  ideals  carried  out  by  a  group  of 
inspired  and  inspiring  people. 

"There  is  no  museum  or  art-gallery  in  Russia  that  does  not 
own  Roerich's  canvases  and  designs  for  decorative  art.  In  all, 
his  creations  number  now  over  seven  hundred.  A  good  many 
of  them  have  been  acquired  by  the  National  Art  Gallery  in 
Rome,  the  Louvre  (Pavilion  Marsan)  and  the  Luxembourg 
museums  in  Paris,  and  public  art-galleries  in  Vienna,  Prague, 
Venice,  Milan,  Malmo,  Brussels,  Chicago,  Stockholm,  San 
Francisco,  and  Copenhagen.  London  saw  some  of  Roerich's 
works  at  the  Exhibition  of  Post-Impressionists  in  1911. 

"Besides  being  a  connoisseur,  Roerich  has  also  been  an 
ardent  collector  of  old  paintings.  He  possessed  a  valuable 
collection  of  these  in  Petrograd,  the  fate  of  which  is  unknown, 
because  he  would  not  accept  the  high  post  offered  to  him  by 
the  Bolsheviks.  His  collections  also  included  75,000  objects 
illustrating  the  Stone  Age,  of  which  he  has  made  a  profound 
study." 

The  material  contained  in  the  following  Catalogue  has 
been  culled  from  the  official  catalogue  of  Roerich's  paintings 
arranged  by  Dr.  Christian  Brinton,  to  whom  due  acknowl- 
edgment is  hereby  made,  and  we  also  wish  to  express  our  deep 
indebtedness  to  Associate  Director  Robert  B.  Harshe  of  the 
Art  Institute  of  Chicago  for  his  kind  co-operation  in  helping 
us  to  secure  this  notable  exhibition  for  San  Francisco,  and 
last,  but  not  least,  to  record  our  grateful  appreciation  of  the 
unremitting  labors  of  William  Chorovsky  in  completing  the 
decoration  of  the  galleries  in  time  for  the  opening. 

J.  NILS  EN  LAURVIK,  Director. 


C  ATA  L  O  G  U  E 

PAINTINGS  IN  OIL 

1  THE  TREASURE  OF  THE  ANGELS 

Design  for  mural  painting  in  the  chapel  of  Princess  Tenisheva, 
Talashkino,  Smolensk.  Painted  in  Petrograd,  1905.  First  ex- 
hibited: Prague,  1905.  Canvas.  Size  124x144. 

2  SAINTLY  VISIONS 

Painted  in  Petrograd,  1906.  First  exhibited:  Salon  d'Automne, 
Paris,  1906.  Size  56x39.  Canvas.  Signed,  lower  right. 

3  EVENING 

Design  for  mural  painting.  (Slavonic  Series).  Painted  in  Pet- 
rograd, 1907.  First  exhibited:  Soyuz,  Moscow,  1908.  Size 
62x113.  Canvas.  Signed,  lower  left. 

4  PAGAN  RUSSIA 

Painted  in  Petrograd,  1909.  First  exhibited:  Albert  Hall, 
London,  1909.  Size  62x67.  Canvas.  Signed,  lower  right. 

5  THE  VIKING'S  DAUGHTER 

Painted  in  Karelia,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  16^x20.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

6  ROCKS  (Study) 

Painted  in  Karelia,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  121/2x16.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

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7  ROCKS  AND  SKY 

Painted  in  Karelia,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  19x29%.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

8  THE  CALL  OF  THE  SUN  (Second  Version) 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1919.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  46x60.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

9  THE  TREASURE 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1919.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  39%x59«  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

10  COURTYARD— OLD  NOVGOROD 

Painted  in  Karelia,  1919.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  10x21%.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

OIL  TEMPERA 

1 1  THE  VARENGIAN  SEA 

Painted  in  Petrograd,  1909.  First  exhibited:  Mir  Iskusstva, 
Moscow,  1909.  Size  55x125.  Canvas.  Signed  and  dated,  lower 
right. 

12  MESSENGERS  OF  MORN 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  Finland,  1917.  First  exhibited:  Stock- 
holm, 1918.  Size  19x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

13  STUDY— KARELIA 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1917.  First  exhibited :  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  13x15%.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

14  STUDY— LAKE  OF  HYMPOLA 

Painted  in  Finland,  1917.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  13x15%.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

15  MISTY  MORNING 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1917.  First  exhibited :  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  12x15.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

16  BLUE  MORNING 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1917.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  12%  xl  5%.  Canvas  on  panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

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17     ECSTASY  (Sketch) 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1917.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  18^x18^2.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

19     MOONLIGHT— SORT  AVALA 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  15^x15^.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

2 1  THE  SECRET  PASSAGE 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  20x31^2.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

22  ECSTASY 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  60x50.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

23  MYSTERY 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  19x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

24  COGITATIONS 

Painted  in  Tulola,  Finland,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm, 
1918.  Size  20x29.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

26  THE  CALL 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  18x293^.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

27  THE  WIZARD 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  19x26^.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

28  THE  KNIGHT  OF  THE  MORNING 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  18x29.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

29  THE  KNIGHT  OF  THE  EVENING 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,    1918. 
Size  18x29.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

30  THE  KNIGHT  OF  THE  NIGHT 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  19^/2x29.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

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31     THE  KNIGHT  OF  THE  NIGHT  (Variant) 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  13^x16.  Panel.  Unsigned. 

33  CLOUDS— LAKE  OF  LADOGA  (I) 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  15^2x18^2.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

34  CLOUDS— LAKE  LADOGA  (II) 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  16x20^4.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

35  THE  WEAVER  OF  SPELLS 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  28^x31.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

36  THE  MISER 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  20x315/2'  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

37  THE  LORD  OF  NIGHT 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  28^2x31.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

38  "NOT  GONE  YET" 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  16x31.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

39  FAMAGUSTA 

Design  for  wooden  mosaic.  Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First 
exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918.  Size  12x28%.  Panel.  Unsigned. 

40  ROCKS— TULOLA 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  19^x19*^.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

41  ISLANDS— LAGE  LADOGA  (I) 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  14x21.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

42  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT— LAKE  LADOGA 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  15x16.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

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43  THE  MOTLEY  BAY— LADOGA 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  12x33.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  centre. 

44  VALLEY— TULOLA 

Painted  in  Tulola,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  10^/2x22.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

45  THE  STONE  OF  SPELLS 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  9^x24^.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

47  SUNSET— THE  CASTLE  MOUNT 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  91/2x30^2.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

48  THE  OUTCAST 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  9^x29.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

49  AUTUMN— VIBORG 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  9^x25.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

50  REFUGEES  (Sketch) 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  9x24.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

5 1  MOONLIGHT— KARELIA 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  10x31.  Board.  Unsigned. 

53  REPENTANCE 

Painted  in  Viborg,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,   1918. 
Size  24^x31^.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

54  ISLANDS— LAKE  LADOGA  (II) 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1918.  Never  before  exhibited.  Size  18^x33. 
Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

55  THE  WEAVER  OF  SPELLS  (Variant) 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  12*^x10.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 


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56     MORNING  (Study) 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  11x181/2.  Canvas  on  panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

57*  THE  HEAT  OF  THE  EARTH 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1919.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  19x191/2.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

58  THE  CALL  OF  THE  BELLS—  OLD  PSKOV 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1919.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  19x31.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

59  THE  SONS  OF  HEAVEN—  GENESIS,  VI 

Painted  in  Viborg,  1919.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  51x52.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

PAINTINGS  IN  TEMPERA 

60  THE  SECRET  PASSAGE  (Sketch) 

Painted  in  Petrograd,  1904.  First  exhibited:  Petrograd,  1904. 
Size  45^x6.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

61  KHANKONCHAK 

Costume  Sketch  for  Chaliapin  in  Prince  Igor;  Paris  produc- 
tion, 1909.  First  exhibited:  Soyuz,  Petrograd,  1910.  Size 
.  Board.  Signed,  lower  right. 


62  THE  CALL  OF  THE  SUN  (First  Version) 

Painted  in  Hapsal,  1910.  First  exhibited:  Mir  Iskusstva;  Pet- 
rograd, 1910.  Size  18^x211/2.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

63  THE  RED  MOUNTAINS 

Scene  for  Peer  Gynt;  Moscow  Art  Theatre  production,  1912. 
First  exhibited:  Mir  Iskusstva,  Petrograd,  1913.  Size  25%x 
33^/2.  Board.  Unsigned. 

Lent  by  VALERIAN  V.  SLEPTZOV,  ESQ. 

64  THE  CAVE  OF  THE  TROLLS 

Scene  for  Peer  Gynt;  Moscow  Art  Theatre  production,  1912. 
Painted  in  Petrograd,  1912.  First  exhibited:  Mir  Iskusstva, 
Petrograd,  1913.  Size  25^/2x33^.  Board.  Monogram,  lower 
right. 

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CATALOGUE  NICOLAS  ROERICH  EXHIBITION 

65  THE  LAST  ANGEL 

Painted  in  Talashkino,  1912.  First  exhibited:  Mir  Iskusstva, 
Petrograd,  1912.  Size  20^x29.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

66  THE  PALACE  OF  TSAR  BERENDEY 

Sketch  for  the  fairy  opera  Snegurochka.  Petrograd  Free  Art 
Theatre  production,  1912.  First  exhibited:  Mir  Iskusstva, 
Petrograd,  1912.  Size  21x27.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

PRINCESS  MALEINE  SERIES 

Seven  scenes  for  Maeterlinck's  Princess  Maleine;  Moscow 
Free  Theatre  production,  1913.  First  exhibited:  Malmo,  1914. 

67  IN  FRONT  OF  THE  CASTLE 

Size  7^x7.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

68  THE  TOWER 

Size  30x28.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

69  THE  QUEEN'S  ROOM 

Size  30x20^.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

70  THE  GARDEN 

Size  9x5^4.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

7 1  QUEEN  ANNE'S  TOWER 

Size  30x20^.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

72  A  CORRIDOR  IN  THE  CASTLE 

Size  30x20^.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

73  PRINCESS  MALEINE'S  CHAMBER 

Size  30x28.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

PRINCE  IGOR  SERIES 

Three  scenes  for  Prince  Igor;  Diaghilev's  Paris  and  London 
production,  1914.  First  exhibited,  Malmo,  1914. 

74  THE  SQUARE  IN  PUTIVILE 

Size  27x38.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

75-     PRINCE  GALITZKY'S  COURTYARD 

Size  27x28.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

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76  YAROSLAVNA'S  TOWER  ROOM 

Size  27x38.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

77  CASTLE  MOUNTAIN— YHINHLATI 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1917.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  18x32.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

78  WHITE  NIGHT 

Painted  in  Yhinhlati,  1917.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  18x325^.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

79  THE  GIANT'S  GRAVE 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  17x24.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

80  THE  ISLAND  OF  SLAVES 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  17x24.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

81  LAPLAND  CASTLE  (Study) 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Helsingfors,  1919. 
Size  14x34^.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

82  MOUNTAIN  LAKE 

Painted  in  Tulola,  1918.  First  exhibited:  Stockholm,  1918. 
Size  205/2x26.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

83  THE  WHITE  LADY 

Painted  in  London,  1919.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size 
36x28.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

84  THE  LAND  OF  GIANTS  (Sketch) 

Painted  in  London,  1920.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size 
83^x10^2.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

TSAR  SALT  AN  SERIES 

Ten  Scenes  for  the  Pushkin-Rimsky-Korsakov  opera  Tsar 
Saltan,  for  the  Royal  Opera,  Covent  Garden.  Painted  in  Lon- 
don, 1919.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920. 

85  A  RUSSIAN  HUT 

Size  20x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

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86  TMUTARAKAN 

Size  21x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

87  THE  GATES  OF  TMUTARAKAN 

Size  25x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

88  THE  BLUE  SEA 

Size  25x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

89  LEDENETZ  TOWN  (I) 

Size  24x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

90  LEDENETZ  TOWN  (II) 

Size  24x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

9 1  THE  SHORE  NEAR  LEDENETZ  TOWN 

Size  24x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

92  TSAR  GVIDON'S  GALLEY 

Size  16x20.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

93  THE  SHORE 

Size  12x1 6.  Canvas.  Unsigned. 

94  LEDENETZ  PALACE 

Size  14x20.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

95-1 15     TWENTY  COSTUME  DESIGNS  FOR  TSAR  SALT  AN 

1 1 7  THE  ENCHANTED  CITY 

Painted  in  London,  1919.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size 
28x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

118  THE  ECLIPSE 

Scene  for  the  prologue  of  Prince  Igor.  Painted  for  the  Royal 
Opera,  Co  vent  Garden,  1919.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920. 
Size  20x24.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

1 19  COURTYARD  OF  PRINCE  GALITZKY'S  PALACE 

Scene  for  Prince  Igor.  Painted  for  the  Royal  Opera,  Covent 
Garden  production,  October,  1919.  First  exhibited:  London, 
1920.  Size  28x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

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120  THE  POLOVETZKY  CAMP 

Scene  for  Prince  Igor;  Diaghilev's  Paris  production,  1920. 
First  exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size  20x30.  Canvas.  Mono- 
gram, lower  right. 

121  SAINT  BORIS  AND  SAINT  GLEB 

Religious  folk  tale  motif.  Painted  in  London,  1919.  First 
exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size  24x36.  Canvas.  Monogram, 
lower  right. 

SNEGUROCHKA  SERIES 

Five  Scenes  for  the  Ostrovsky — Rimsky-Korsakov  fairy  opera 
Snegurochka.  Painted  for  the  Royal  Opera,  Covent  Garden, 
1919.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920. 

124  A  NORTHERN  NIGHT  (Prologue) 

Size  28x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

125  VILLAGE  OF  THE  BERENDEY 

Size  24x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

126  THE  SACRED  GROVE 

Size  24x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

127  THE  VALLEY  OF  YARILA 

Size  24x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

SADKO  SERIES 

Four  Scenes  for  the  opera  Sadko.  Painted  for  the  Royal 
Opera,  Covent  Garden,  1920.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920. 

128  THE  NOVGOROD  MARKET 

Size  28x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

129  THE  SHORE  OF  VOLHOV 

Size  18x22.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

130  SADKO'S  PALACE 

Size  20x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 
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1 3 1  THE  DEEP-SEA  REALM 

Size  25x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

132  THE  CITY  OF  THE  SERPENT 

Painted  in  London,  1920.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920. 
Size  20x36.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

133  SAINT  GLEB,  THE  GUARDIAN 

Saint  Gleb  protecting  the  city  of  Moscow.  Painted  in  London, 
1920.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size  36x36.  Canvas. 
Monogram,  right  centre. 

134  THE  SONG  OF  THE  MOON  (Sketch) 

Painted  in  London,  1920.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size 
14x16.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

136  A  PERSIAN  THEATRE  (Sketch) 

Painted  in  London,  1920.  First  exhibited:  London,  1920.  Size 
12x16.  Canvas.  Unsigned. 

137  THE  DOOMED  CITY  (Variant) 

An  earlier  version  is  in  the  Maxim  Gorky  collection,  Petro- 
grad.  Painted  in  London,  1920.  First  exhibited:  London, 
1920.  Size  18x24.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

138  SAINT  GEORGE 

Design  for  poster.  Painted  in  London,  1920.  First  exhibited: 
London,  1920.  Size  18x22.  Canvas.  Unsigned. 

139  DREAM  OF  THE  ORIENT 

Painted  in  London,  1920.  Never  before  exhibited.  Size  20x30. 
Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

140  OUR  FOREFATHERS  (Variant) 

Painted  in  London,  1920.  Never  before  exhibited.  Size  18x30. 
Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

DREAMS  OF  WISDOM  SERIES 

Decorative  mural  panels  for  a  private  residence  in  London. 
Painted  in  London,  1920.  Never  before  exhibited. 

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141  THE  SONG  OF  THE  WATERFALL  (Sketch) 

Size  16x14.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

142  THE  SONG  OF  THE  WATERFALL  (Panel) 

Size  92x48.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 
Lent  by  M.  L.  SKIDELSKY,  ESQ. 

143  THE  LANGUAGE  OF  THE  BIRDS  (Sketch) 

Size  30x20.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

144  THE  SONG  OF  MORNING  (Panel) 

Size  92x48.  Canvas.  Monogram,  left. 

LENT  BY  M.  L.  SKIDELSKY,  ESQ. 

145  SAINT  NICOLAS 

Painted  in  London,  1920.  Never  before  exhibited.  Size  18x24. 
Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

146  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  PAST 

Painted  in  New  York,  1920.  Never  before  exhibited.  Size 
20x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

PAINTINGS  IN  TEMPERA  AND  PASTEL 

147  OFFERINGS 

Painted  in  Petrograd,  1910.  First  exhibited:  Mir  Iskusstva, 
Petrograd,  1912.  Size  19^x29^.  Board.  Monogram,  lower 
centre. 

148  BUGURSTAN— CAUCASUS 

Painted  in  Kislovodsk,  Northern  Caucasus,  1913.  First  ex- 
hibited: Malmo,  1914.  Size  17^2x33^.  Board.  Monogram, 
lower  right. 

149  THE  BLUE  RANGE— CAUCASUS 

Painted  in  Kislovodsk,  Northern  Caucasus,  1913.  First  ex- 
hibited: Malmo,  1914.  Size  17^x33^.  Board.  Monogram. 

150  THE  RAIN  FAIRY 

Painted  in  Tulola,  Finland,   1918.  First  exhibited:  Stock- 
holm, 1918.  Size  30x29^.  Panel.  Monogram,  lower  right. 
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PAINTINGS  IN  PASTEL 

151     ECSTASY  (Sketch) 

Painted  in  Sortavala,  Finland,  1917.  First  exhibited:  Stock- 
holm, 1918.  Size  24x19.  Board.  Monogram,  lower  right. 

152-172     ROCKS  AND  CLIFFS— LADOGA  SERIES 

Painted  in  Karelia,  1917-18 

173     THE  UNKNOWN  SINGER 

Painted  in  New  York,   1920.  Never  before  exhibited.  Size 
20x30.  Canvas.  Monogram,  lower  left. 

175  TRISTAN  AND  ISOLDE 

176  TRISTAN  AND  ISOLDE 

177  RUSSIAN  VILLAGE 

1 78  "WINTER  GNOMES" 

179  SETTING  (Snegurochka  Series) 

180  TRISTAN  AND  ISOLDE 

181  THE  LAST  KING 

182  "SAINTS" 

183  WATCH  TOWER,  OLD  ISBORSKA 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER   . 

184  ROSTOV  THE  GREAT,  17TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

185  ROSTOV  THE  GREAT,  i6TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

186  CHURCH  IN  YAROSLAVL,  17TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

187  MOSQUE  OF  KREMLIN 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 
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188  PETSCHORA  MONASTERY,  ^TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

189  ROSTOV  THE  GREAT,  i6TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

190  CHURCH  IN  YAROSLAVL,  iyTH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

191  ROSTOV  THE  GREAT,  i;TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

192  CHURCH  IN  YAROSLAVL,  i;TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

193  ENTRANCE  TO  MONASTERY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

194  THE  OLD  PSKOFF,  ^TH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

195  SMOLENSK  TOWERS,  ijTH  CENTURY 

LOANED  BY  DR.  W.  S.  PORTER 

196  ATLANT 

197  THE  COMMAND 

198  BUILDING  OF  WARSHIP,  ANCIENT  RUSSIA 

LOANED  BY  OAKLAND  ART  ASSOCIATION 

199  EVENING  LANDSCAPE 


NICOLAS  KONSTANTINOVICH 
ROERICH 

AADEMICIAN  of  the  Imperial  Academy  of  Fine  Arts, 
Petrograd ;  Director  of  the  School  for  the  Encourage- 
ment of  the  Fine  Arts  in  Russia;  Honorary  President 
of  the  Council  of  Courses  of  Architecture  for  Women  in  Pet- 
rograd ;  Honorary  Member  of  the  Imperial  Moscow  Archaeo- 
logical Institute;  Professor  in  the  Imperial  Petrograd  Arch- 
aeological Institute ;  Member  of  the  Commission  of  the  Fine 
Arts  Editions  of  St.  Eugenia,  Petrograd;  First  President  of 
the  Mir  Iskusstva  (World  of  Art),  Petrograd;  President  of 
the  Council  of  the  Red  Cross  Art  Workshops  for  Disabled 
Soldiers,  Petrograd;  Vice-President  of  the  Council  of  Art  in 
Russia;  President  of  the  Council  of  the  Museum  of  Ante- 
Petrian  Art,  Petrograd;  President  of  the  Museum  of  Russian 
Art  of  the  Society  for  the  Encouragement  of  the  Fine  Arts  in 
Russia;  Member  of  the  Board  of  the  Imperial  Society  of 
Architecture,  Petrograd;  Member  of  the  Imperial  Russian 
Archaeological  Society,  Petrograd;  Commander  of  the  First 
Class  of  the  Royal  Swedish  Order  of  the  North  Star;  Member 
of  the  Academic  National  e  de  Reims ;  Societaire  of  the  Salon 
d' Automne,  Paris ;  Member  of  the  Societe  des  Antiquaires  de 
Paris ;  Member  of  the  Societe  Prehistorique,  Paris ;  Honorary 
Member  of  the  Vienna  Secession;  Member  of  the  Finnish 
Artists  Society  of  Helsingfors;  Member,  Anglo-Russian 
Literary  Society,  London. 


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